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Beethoven’s Greatest Sonatas • Highlight Edition

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For over two hundred years, the genius of Ludwig van Beethoven has provided a standard of excellence in solo piano compositions and our goal was to create a library of his greatest sonatas. We chose the Moonlight, Pathetique, Appassionata, Waldstein, and Les Adieux as his five most significant works written for piano and this Highlight Edition contains the most popular movements from each one of them.

The intricacies of phrasing, voicing, harmony, and counterpoint combined with the complexity of fingering and subtle challenge in performance are compositional techniques that have provided the foundation for all piano literature. Every movement transcribed from archived editions dated 1872, 1894, and 1902 offer significant benefits not found in any other publication, including a detailed history of Beethoven’s life and inimitable career.

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1798 * The Sonata Pathetique • Grande Sonate Pathetique • Sonata in C Minor • Opus. 13 • Adagio cantabile • Second Movement
1801 * The Moonlight Sonata • Sonata quasi una Fantasia • Number 14, Opus. 27, no. 2 • Adagio sostenuto. • First Movement
1804 * The Waldstein Sonata • Sonata in C Major • Number 21, Opus. 53 • Allegro con brio. • First Movement
1805 * The Appassionata Sonata • Sonata in F Minor • Opus 57 • Allegro assai. • First Movement
1809 * The Les Adieux Sonata • Das Lebewohl • Sonata in Eb Major • Opus 81A • Adagio. • First Movement

CATALOG #: TS345
PAGES: 128
BINDING: PERFECT BOUND
COPYRIGHT: 2004
COMPOSER: LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
EDITOR: CRAIG STEVENS
DESIGNER: JESSICA SAUCHUK
ARTIST: CRAIG STEVENS
ATTRIBUTE: PERFORMANCE RECORDING
ISBN-10: 1585600423
ISBN-13: 9781585600427

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